Total Crime Rate

125.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Castle Road West area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Wakefield South , and the 365th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Road West (WF2 7DN) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% higher than the Wakefield South average (120.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Road West (WF2 7DN), the main crime hotspot is near Duke Of York Avenue. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Castle Road West area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Duke Of York Avenue —
Apr 2026Other crime Duke Of York Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifford View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifford View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clifford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Castle Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Of York Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Of York Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Of York Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Of York Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Of York Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Duke Of York Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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